A medic takes swabs at a drive-through coronavirus testing facility at Chessington World of Adventures
The UK coronavirus death toll has reached 1,801 after 393 people were confirmed dead.
The updated toll comes after 367 people in England died, and Scotland recorded 13 more deaths. A further seven people were confirmed dead in Wales, while Northern Ireland recorded six more deaths today.
Today's jump in deaths is the biggest daily increase since the outbreak began, following a rise of 180 deaths yesterday and 209 on Sunday.
But it comes as new data from the Office for National Statistics...Read more ...

Updated: See the latest stories on the coronavirus outbreak. A further 393 deaths from coronavirus have been recorded in the UK over 24 hours, public health chiefs have confirmed. The increase consists of 367 in England, 13 in Scotland, six in Northern Ireland and seven in Wales. UK-wide figures from the Department of Health and Social Care are yet to be published, so the data are taken from each nation's individual reporting. It brings the total number of coronavirus deaths in the UK to 1,801. Earlier in the day, the Office for National statistics revealed the virus had accounted for 1%...Read more ...